# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IDAHO UTAH OREGON NEVADA Lake Tahoe Mono Lake Yosemite National Park Lava Beds National Monument Locke Alturas Truckee Mammoth Lakes Sutter Creek Calistoga Leggett Reno Mendocino Sonora Nevada City Palo Alto Weed Arcata Eureka Susanville Red Bluff Chico Stockton San Rafael San Francisco Crescent City Redding Santa Rosa Sacramento Carson City San S a c r a m e nt o River # ÷ # ÷ # ÷ Bodie State Historic Park # ÷ Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Off the Beaten Track 0 200 km 0 100 miles # e t a o o s s a Detour for adventure in Wild West Chinatowns, scandalous Prohibition- era speakeasies, and kayak trips through scenic wetlaands. SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA Escape from it all: beachcomb in remote Shelter Cove, day-hike to Punta Gorda Lighthouse, or tackle an epic backpacking route. LOST COAST Speeding along Hwy 395 between Mammoth Lakes and Lone Pine, drivers often miss the turn-off to the world's oldest trees, gnarled by wind and time. ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST Find a Gold Rush ghost town frozen in time high above Mono Lake. BODIE STATE HISTORIC PARK Discover the secret of Sierra Nevada: a mother lode of spicy old Zinfandel vines. AMADOR COUNTY WINE REGION Explore a moonscape of lava flows, craters, spatter cones, shield volcanoes and lava tubes you can clamber inside. LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • MEXICO ARIZONA CALIFORNIA Lake Mead Lake Mohave Salton Sea Virgin River Death Valley National Park Mojave National Preserve Kings Canyon National Park Sequoia National Park Morro Bay Palm Springs Paso Robles Cambria San Luis Obispo Laguna Beach Newport Beach Needles Mojave Monterey Bishop Santa Monica Oceanside Las Vegas Blythe Indio Santa Barbara Barstow Bakersfield Fresno Santa Cruz San Jose Los Angeles Tijuana Yuma Anaheim San Diego Mexicali Joaquin River # ÷ # ÷ # ÷ # ÷ # ÷ Pinnacles National Park # ÷ Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Spelunk into wind-carved caves and spot rare bighorn sheep in the painterly Sonoran Desert. ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK Steer south of Yosemite to find another wonder carved by glaciers: Sequoia National Park, with pristine alpine lakes and a basin carpeted with wildflowers in spring. SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK Spot endangered condors circling high above rocky spires – a highlight for rock climbers. PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK Restore inner peace in this serene, starkly beautiful stretch of desert, with Joshua trees for company and dunes that will sing you to sleep. MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE